Re: Article: 10 Things I Warned Microsoft About Windows Vista
the mere fact that people are even debating if vista is better than xp shows
that vista
is not good enough
5 years is a long time to deliver something that should have been
magnificent!
<here@home.again> wrote in message
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> "On the Bridge!" wrote in message news:47de8718@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>> http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/10_things_i_warned_microsoft_about_windows_vista.html
>>
> <snip>
>>
>> here is the text of the article
>>
>>
>> The imminent real release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is reason
>> enough to broach the question. SP1 is an important milestone for an
>> operating system that bloggers and other critics consistently ridicule.
>> Oh, yeah, the channel and enterprises aren't exactly loving Vista either.
>> These 10 things are in no particular order of importance.
>> 1. Windows Vista has to be a whole lot better than Windows XP. Microsoft
>> had left XP in the market for a long time. That version of Windows had
>> reached a certain "good enough" threshold, in part because of the stable,
>> supporting ecosystem. Vista would have to be a whole lot better to drive
>> upgrades in established markets. I received assurances that Vista would
>> deliver on the promise, which was later accentuated in the "Wow"
>> marketing. What happened: Vista wasn't better enough.
>
> So, Vista is better than XP, right? LOL
>